The Fall Season–taking place over three exciting, film-filled weekends in November–brings important new work home to adventurous and inquisitive Bay Area audiences through in-depth explorations of three renowned filmmaking capitals.

Filmmakers in the Classroom (FITC) is a semester-long program that provides onsite professional development for teachers in grades 4-12 who want to integrate media making and viewing into their classroom curriculum.

Experienced professionals from the various Lucasfilm divisions share their knowledge with Bay Area middle and high school students in a series of behind-the-scenes, interactive multimedia presentations.

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Three stand-up comedians stepped into San Francisco's amazing comedy scene in the 80s and quickly became headliners. Will Durst, Larry "Bubbles" Brown and Johnny Steele were recognized all over town. They performed with Dana Carvey, Paula Poundstone, Rob Schneider and Robin Williams. Today, all three are struggling to survive.

39 1/2, a semi-autobiographical narrative feature, mixes drama laced with irony, documentary elements and animation as it follows a single female filmmaker approaching 40 who endeavors to have a child.

All over North America, city centers are decaying. In San Francisco, an unusual coalition of artists, city officials, property owners and residents is working together to reverse a 40 year decline on central Market Street through the convergence of arts and technology, while working to preserve the culture of the neighborhood.

For the past 25 years, the Ace junkyard served as an indispensable resource for local industrial and kinetic artists. It has recently been forcibly shut down by Judy Broadhead, the landlady, and nobody knows exactly why.

Each day women receive messages from the media and advertising that they are not young enough, sexy enough or good enough. In the documentary Ageless, hear from women of all ages about the affects of these daily reminders.

For a period of 20 years during the Cold War, the US government ran a series of programs experimenting with Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) to spy on international threats. American ESPionage reveals the story of one of the key players, Major Paul Smith, who was recruited into the US Army’s top-secret Stargate program and was trained in an arcane skill called “Remote Viewing.”